In
the worldwide best seller Values in a Time of Upheaval, Joseph Ratzinger (now
Pope Benedict XVI) passionately defends the role traditional Judeo-Christian
values should play in a pluralistic society and a multicultural world. He examines
such crucial contemporary issues as the moral foundations of a free society,
the role of spiritual values in promoting human rights, current challenges to
Western culture, and the place of faith and love of God in finding true peace.
Joseph Ratzinger proposes a balance of faith and reason that avoids the extremes
of fundamentalist theocracies and secular, relativist states.

Topics
include:
Politics and morality
Peace
The meaning of history
Truth in a pluralistic world
The moral basis of democratic states
Relativism
Human dignity
The Christian basis for hope
Bioethics
Freedom
Human rights and responsibilities
Marriage and family
Tradition and progress